Bottle carrier and conveyer.



B. E. UNFOOT.

soms cARmER AND coNvEYER.

APUCAUON FILED JAN. H, 19H.

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BOTTLE vCARRIER AND CONVEYER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oet, e, mit.

Application iled January 11, 1917. Serial No. 141,800.

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Beit known that I, BENJAMIN E. L1N- roor, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the city `and county of Philadelphia, State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful BottleCarrier and Conveyer,of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a ycarrier and conveyer for bottles to bewashed, soaked, or otherwise cleansed in which certain members of thedevice arev yvastly strengthened and simplied in construction, and othernovel features are presented, as will be heref inafter fully set forth.

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying drawing,but the important instrumentalities thereof maybe varied, and so'it isto be understood that vthe invention isl not limited'to the specificdetails shown and described. l f

Figure l represents a plan view of a bottle carrier and conveyerembodyingmy invention.

Fig. 2 thereof.

Fig. 3 represents a transverse vertical sec tion on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4; represents a perspective view of one of the supporting columnsemployed.

Fig. 5 represents a perspective view of the bottom member of the frameof the device.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings 1 designates the top of the frame of thedevice, the same being depressed at intervals forming the conicalopenings 2 for bottles, as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

3 designates the bottom of the frame of the device, the same havingstruck up at intervals, the tubular collars 4f which telescopicallyreceive and guide the tubular movable sleeves 5, whose upper portionsare flaring and provided with inturned shoulders or necks 6, on whichthe mouths of bottles inserted in the openings 2 may be rested, saidsleeves 5 being sustained on the coil springs 7 which surround saidsleeves and the collars l and are supported on the bottom 3 and bearupwardly against the flanges S on the upperends of the sleeves 5,whereby the latter are resiliently sustained on said springs and areadapted to yield downwardly when the sleeves are subjected to pressurefrom above.

represents a longitudinal section Attentionv is drawn to the fact that aprimary holder for the bottles is placed above the openings2, a form ofwhich is shown in the Letters Patent No. 1,171,128, granted to me on the8th vday of February, 1916, but to which I do not limit myself, it beingnoticed that wheny the bottles in inverted position are placed in thcholder their mouth pieces are--inserted through the openings 2 andrested resiliently on the necks 6 as cushions, whereby they areprevented from breaking and should the bottles be 4of different andgreater lengths, the sleeves 5 will yield downwardly and so accommodatethemselves to such bottles.` In

this condition of affairs thedevice with ytheV holderis introduced intoa washing machine or soaker for the bottles, so as to cleanse thelatter. Y Y

lAttention lis directed also to the fact thatV the collars 4 areintegrallwith thel bottom 3, andthe latter forms a continuous piece ofmetal or material throughout the length of the frame, thus simplifyingthe construction of said bottom. Furthermore, said sleeves are withinsaid collars, so that the joints of the collars and sleeves are on theexterior of the sleeves, leaving the latter and said collarsunobstructed throughout their length and preventin the water fromleaking downwardly in sai joints.

The top and bottom of the frame are connected by the bolts 9 whichextend vertically through said top and bottom and are tightened by thenuts 10, and through heads or columns 11 of metal or other suitablematerial, they being interposed at intervals between said top and bottomand held tightly in contact with the same, they having tube like members12 therein to receive said bolts 9, and being made hollow for purpose oflightness and inexpensiveness.

Rising from the sides of the bottom 3 of the frame are the walls 15which comprise portions of the sides of said frame. Bearing against saidwalls are the arms 13 which depend from the sides of the top 1 of theframe and are upturned from below forming the loop-shaped members 14which bear resiliently against said walls causing the latter to pressagainst the columns or heads 11 and assist in retaining them inposition, said members extending longitudinally along the frame, asshown by the dotted lines Fig. 1, serving also to strengthen the sidesof the top of the frame.

Having thus described invention what Y.

I claim as new and desire to ksecure by Letters Patent, is :J-V

l. In a bottle carrier and eonveyer ofv the character stated, a frameoomposed `of a top and bottom, and means for Connecting the same, saidtop having' therein openings forthe inlet of the mouth .of aV bottle, akresilient tubular support for the bottle below said openings, and atubular collar rising from said bottom, said support being teleseopieally litted to saidV collar on the interior thereof.

' collar teleseopically Containing said sleeve within the same.

.3. In a bottle carrier and eonveyer of the Character stated, a framecomposed of a top and bottom, and means for connecting' the same, and aoolumnslike member` interposed between'said bottom and top and securedthereto, said top having on .its side and a resiliently-'supportedsleeve telescopically fitted in said collar, a column-like memberinterposed between said top and bottom adapted to sustain. said top, andmeans in said member secnred to said bottom .and top for Clampingtogether said top, bottom, and` Column-'like member.

. 5.. In a' bottle carrier and eonveyer of the character stated, a framecomposed of a top and a bottom, means interposed between said bottomyand top for sustaining the lat# ter and clamping the same with theinterposed means, a series of `openings in said top, a series of collarsrising from said'bottom, and a series of resiliently-supported sleevestelescopically itte'd in said Collars and extending downwardly from thewalls of said openings, said bottom being continuons from collar tovcollar, and said collars being integral with said'bottom.

- BENJAMIN E. LINFOOT.

Witnesses y JOHN A. .WIEDER'sI-iniM,

N. BUSSINGR.

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